`No hope` left in Iraq, expert says

[sabra]

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1163322.php/%60No_hope%60_left_in_Iraq_expert_says

`No hope` left in Iraq, expert says

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Sectarian violence in Iraq between Sunni and Shiite Muslims is getting worse and there is no hope of quashing it, the author of a new book on Iraq says.

Nir Rosen, former Baghdad bureau chief for the Asia Times and now a freelance writer, spent time with Shiite firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and individuals involved with the Sunni insurgency in central Iraq. In his book, 'In the Belly of the Green Bird: the Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq,' Rosen describes what life is like in Iraq now that religious divisions and Iraqi on Iraqi violence grips the country.

Speaking at the New America Foundation Thursday, Rosen said a civil war in Iraq was now inevitable. The conflict between Shiite and Sunni Muslims 'has grown much more intense,' he said. 'The worst is yet to come.'

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Rosen said he advocated a total withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.

'I don`t think there`s anything the U.S. government can do,' he said. 'I think there`s no hope.'

[catmandu57]

1. There was never any hope in Iraq

From the moment the chimp* stole the 2000 election, Iraq was doomed.

[psychopomp]

3. Well-put

[cdb]

2. Why don't we hear the GOOD news about Iraq??

That's what I want to hear just the good stuff... *sigh*

[Jacobin]

4. Rick Santorum on Imus earlier this week had lots of good news

He said the Iraqi government is working fine, they have a democracy and that the reports of violence are exagerated and there are only "a few hot spots" where violence is a problem.

See? Its all nice there, now. No. Really, Just ask Rick. He'll tell you.

[Journeyman]

6. Well, I'm certainly glad he cleared *that* up. . .

Did he give any indication what his favorite paint color is for the schools? I hope so, because that's what's truly important.

[yellowcanine]

5. Why does he hate freedom, George Bush, and America?

:sarcasm: